Commander Basic Tutorial Video

**Tenrou** · 09-06-11, 03:46 PM

**enf** · 09-06-11, 04:21 PM

NICE! Been waiting for something this to get some pointers.

**Blah64** · 09-06-11, 04:49 PM

That commander is doing something wrong if he has 140k resources...

Besides that, the video just says that it works like a normal RTS. I suppose that's useful for those people who have never played one before.

**enf** · 09-06-11, 05:41 PM

Any better guides or vids out there?

**QuickLightning** · 09-06-11, 06:10 PM

Originally Posted by enf

Any better guides or vids out there?

Yeah. I'm more interested in knowing how I can monitor my power levels so I'm not just scrambling when I run out of power. Why my "income" displays negative. (Shouldn't that JUST be income, not net change?)

**Mr_Blonde_OPS** · 09-07-11, 01:55 AM

Lol I need something a little more detailed than that. What does each building do? What exactly am I supposed to do with each building? How do I expand through the map, i.e. have the capabilities to to build structures further from my teams base?

The first and only time I was commander, I couldn't figure out which building to use that would let me start expanding further and further into the map. I'm pretty sure it's the Power towers, but for some reason I still couldn't build them further out. Also there are the little Blue or Red plasma looking nods. What do you do with those?

Definitely need more detail and I'm sure they will come out with one soon. Also that map looked really cool...can't wait to play it. How many maps will there be total?

**Blah64** · 09-07-11, 02:01 AM

6 maps total.

Commander will change with full release because there is supposed to be more weapon research, but for now:
Nuclear Dawn Class and Commander Guide. - Steam Users' Forums

**Mr_Blonde_OPS** · 09-07-11, 02:09 AM

Originally Posted by Blah64

6 maps total.

Commander will change with full release because there is supposed to be more weapon research, but for now:
Nuclear Dawn Class and Commander Guide. - Steam Users' Forums

That helped out a little bit more. So in order to build more buildings further in the map, the commander needs to "zig-zag" the relays towers throughout the map? And by doing this he would be able to create radar towers, armories, transport gates, etc further in the map?

What about a little more explanation on the units building the buildings as explained in the video. It talked about something to do with the icons on the left of your screen. I was confused during that part.

**Glitch** · 09-07-11, 01:14 PM

I believe that part they were talking about was like in Starcraft when you group a selection of units or buildings together by hitting cntr 1 then after that you can reselect that same group by just pressing 1... you can do the same thing here. Those groups are also shown as icons down the left hand side...

Note I never played Commander, just watched the video.

**Blah64** · 09-07-11, 01:35 PM

Squads are also automatically assigned control groups.

Assigning the assembler to a control group is highly recommended.

The assembler is the building that constructs other buildings
The buttons on the left are the control groups.